2009 – Scene 17: Olympic Bids

We had a lot of different ideas about how to show Obama getting ‘spurned’ by the Olympic committee but none of them really showcased the key element of the scene… He chased it pretty hard and really wanted to bring it home. Jeff came up with the gag of turning the red Olympic ring into the Ghostbuster-esque NO sign and we all said YES! It’s tricky when you only have one and a half seconds to communicate an idea and get across a gag but I think he nailed it on that one…